Inspection outcome: Standards not all met
Last inspection: 12/08/2026
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Pharmacy context
This is a community pharmacy located at a crossroad junction in Elm Park. It is co-located with a post office. In addition to providing NHS dispensing services, the pharmacy provides the Hypertension Case Finding Service, the Pharmacy First service, the Contraception service and flu vaccinations during flu season. It supplies medicines in multi-compartment compliance packs to some people to help them take their medicines safely. And it delivers medicines to some patients. This was a reinspection following a reinspection January 2026 where the pharmacy did not meet Standards 1.7 and 4.3. This reinspection mainly focused on those Standards which had previously not been met. And Standards 1.1, 1.3 and 1.6 were also inspected. Following the last reinspection, the pharmacy had implemented appropriate arrangements for the disposal of confidential waste and the protection of sensitive information. However, it has not made sufficient improvements about how it stores medicines requiring secure storage. Or ensure that access to these medicines is appropriately restricted.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
What do the inspection outcomes mean?
After an inspection each pharmacy receives one overall outcome. This will be either Standards met or Standards not all met
| The pharmacy has met all the standards for registered pharmacies | |
| The pharmacy has not met one or more of the standards for registered pharmacies |
What does 'pharmacy has not met all standards' mean?
When a pharmacy has not met all standards, they are required to complete an improvement action plan, which you can find via a link at the top left of this page. We monitor progress to check the improvements are made and inspect again after six months to make sure the pharmacy is maintaining these improvements. A new report will then be published.